Quicken 2010 enables you to enter information on investment account distributions that you don’t immediately reinvest. Typically, you deposit these proceeds into the investment accounts’ cash account or[more…]

If you want to us Quicken 2010 to track a tax-deferred investment — such as a 401(k), 403(b) plan, or an individual retirement account — you need to know how to set up a tax-deferred account and then record[more…]

After you install Quicken on your computer, you need to start it to finish the setup process. If you told the installation program to launch Quicken 2010, the Quicken program window should appear automatically[more…]

When you first began working with Quicken, you were prompted to set up a banking account. You probably set up your most active bank account (usually a checking account). If you want to track any additional[more…]

Quicken supplies categories to, well, categorize your spending. For example, you can use the Rent category to categorize all the checks you write to pay rent. The predefined categories list may be just[more…]

If you use one check to pay for two types of items — for example, a Groceries expense and an Auto expense — you use a split category in Quicken to record that check. When you’re ready to categorize the[more…]

You can delete and void register transactions by using Quicken's Edit button’s Delete and Void Transaction(s) commands. Using either command is a snap: Just select the transaction you want to delete or[more…]

Printing checks in Quicken is, well, quick. You basically only need to enter the information you want to print on the check form and the number you want Quicken to use to identify the check. Sounds simple[more…]

To begin using either Quicken 2010's Online Account Access or the Online Bill Payment service, you have to sign up. If you want to use Online Account Access, you sign up with your bank. Just visit your[more…]

Quicken produces a bunch of different reports, so you may feel overwhelmed when you try to locate the report that tells you what you need to know. Thankfully, Quicken provides EasyAnswer reports, which[more…]

As part of setting up Quicken, you create what Quicken calls a file: A place where Quicken stores all your accounts (bank accounts, credit card accounts, investment accounts, and so on). You can have more[more…]

You can move around a big Quicken 2010 register by using the PgUp and PgDn keys. But if you want to find a specific check, deposit, or transfer in your Quicken account, the Find command provides a handy[more…]

The Quicken reporting feature has a number of variations, including QuickReports. With QuickReports, Quicken supplies a quick-and-dirty report. If you’re working with the transaction list, you can produce[more…]

If you like to forecast portfolio future values and other similar stuff, you'll love Quicken 2010's Investment Savings Calculator. You can use the Investment Savings Calculator to figure out how much you’ll[more…]